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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Nightmares and Dreams (1)
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Nightmares and Dreams (1)
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Nightmares and Dreams (1) A student of mine from southern Africa once gave me an account of aspects of her life at home. In homestead life in her grandparents’ day, her grandfather had eleven wives; each had six to ten children. His wives’ huts stood in a half-moon, his in the ce…
Job for Everyone - The God Who Whispers in Our Ears
Job for Everyone - The God Who Whispers in Our Ears
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The God Who Whispers in Our Ears Job 36 1-25 A young man comes to see me from time to time to discuss what is going on between him and God. He used to seem depressed, but the depression lifted when he came to acknowledge that he was attracted to other men rather than to women. He…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 17 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 17 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 17 Luke 14: 1, 7-14 Gaze on a very common social situation – everyone arrives at a ‘do’, and there are several round tables laid up with glittering candles and vases of freesia and crisp white napkins. People are hovering about, for none wants to be the first to be seated,…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Love Is as Fierce as Death
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Love Is as Fierce as Death
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Love Is as Fierce as Death A recent movie tells the story of Edward VIII, who reigned as king of the United Kingdom for 325 days in 1936. Before coming to the throne he had fallen for a woman called Wallis Simpson who had not only committed the sin of being an American but also h…
The Gospel According to twilight - Is Twilight Bad News for Girls?
The Gospel According to twilight - Is Twilight Bad News for Girls?
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
Is Twilight Bad News for Girls? Chapter Three First of all, we have to acknowledge that something about Bella resonates with girls around the world. At the time of this writing the Twilight series has been translated into more than forty languages. Even when readers dislike Bella…
Poem: Be careful you don’t fall
Poem: Be careful you don’t fall
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Be careful you don’t fall Standing on high moral ground is not necessarily an achievement; more like providing a target to be knocked over by personal self-righteous pomposity. Time after time, those who have claimed to be above God’s law, or to have no recognition of its e…
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday in Lent - Year A
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday in Lent - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – First Sunday in Lent Year A Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 As Lent starts, we have a reminder of the cause of our sickness and of its remedy. The human sickness is sin – we all suffer from it. Jesus is the cure... Created by Susan Thorn…
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Chasing On To The Finish
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Chasing On To The Finish
by SPCK - N T Wright
4 THE PATH OF THE DISCIPLE CHASING ON TO THE FINISH Philippians 3: 12-16 The athletics match had reached a critical stage. One of the final races was left to be run: the 440 yards (the old version of today’s 400 metres). The athletes were bunched together as they came to the firs…
a teacher's dozen Resource PowerPoint Bundle
a teacher's dozen Resource PowerPoint Bundle
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Complete Set of a teacher's dozen Resource PowerPoints The a teacher's dozen Resource PowerPoints are ONLY useable if you have purchased the assembly books. There is a Resource PowerPoint for each of the 12 "a teacher's dozen" assembly books. These enable you to project the praye…
Occasions for Alleluia - Introduction
Occasions for Alleluia - Introduction
by SPCK - David Adam
Introduction One Easter on Holy Island, a few things suddenly came together. During Lent I had been reading A. N. Wilson’s novel, A Bottle in the Smoke, and I came across this passage describing the main character, Julian Ramsey, falling in love for the first time:..
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